Melbourne to Vanuatu - Just one to go

1:38 AM Sun 11 Jul 2010 GMT

'The tracks of the fleet on their way to Vanuatu - Melbourne to Vanuatu' John Curnow

Melbourne to Vanuatu update. When we were doing the Cape to Rio race, one of the things we used to amuse ourselves with, was how many Hobarts we had left to go. After the first three days at sea we were all running around going, 'Just six more Hobarts to go!' Now I am delighted to say, that as of Sunday morning's sked, race leader TevakeII has just one Hobart to go. WooHooooooooooooo! They are 640nm from the finish in Vila (A Sydney Hobart race is 628nm). By the way, the other 'one', is that they have now been at ...

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